The new variant is said to have been cancelled as the RTX 3060 12 GB has already entered the market. GeForce RTX 5050 9 GB GPU May Never Launch As NVIDIA Has Reportedly Cancelled or Delayed it The budget segment doesn't have many options from the current-gen NVIDIA and AMD series, which is why NVIDIA wanted to expand the RTX 50 series lineup with another variant of the GeForce RTX 5050. If you have been following reports surrounding the RTX 5050 with 9 GB VRAM, you might be aware that the GPU was supposedly delayed, but was still planned for […]

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Nvidia is reportedly preparing a new variant of the GeForce RTX 5050, which will feature an unconventional 9GB memory capacity. According to the report, this new model is designed to sit alongside the existing 8 GB version, offering a slight bump in both VRAM and speed.

As per MEGAsizeGPU's post, while the original 8GB model uses 20Gbps GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus, this newer 9GB variant will shift to faster 28Gbps GDDR7 modules. Despite moving to a narrower 96-bit memory bus, the higher clock speeds of the GDDR7 memory result in a total bandwidth of 336GB/s, a roughly 5% improvement over the 8GB model's 320GB/s.

The core specifications for the RTX 5050 9GB are expected to remain consistent with the original model. It will likely leverage the GB207 GPU, which is the smallest die in the Blackwell family. This chip is expected to feature 2,560 CUDA cores and a 130W TDP, making it a prime candidate for compact builds and systems with standard PSUs.

Beyond the 5050, the MEGAsizeGPU also stated that Nvidia will change the GPU die for the GeForce RTX 5060. Due to a reported shortage of GB206 chips used to produce the RTX 5060 Ti, Nvidia is reportedly allowing board partners to use defective GB205 dies (the same as the ones used for the RTX 5070) for standard RTX 5060 production.

KitGuru says: The move to 9GB is an oddity in GPU history – if this proves to be true that is. We've seen plenty of rumours about Nvidia GPUs with odd amounts of memory over the past few generations and they have rarely panned out.